In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

  • NR
  • 01/26/1992 (CA)
  • War, Documentary
  • 1h 44m

The Valour and the Horror

Overview

A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.

Brian McKenna

Director, Writer

Roman Jarymowycz

Writer

Terence McKenna

Writer

Cast

Terence McKenna's headshot

Terence McKenna

Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz's headshot

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer
Jacques Dextraze's headshot

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters's headshot

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette's headshot

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell's headshot

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough's headshot

Adrian Hough

German Officer
Wayne Robson's headshot

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

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